First inauguration of Woodrow Wilson
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The first inauguration of Woodrow Wilson
took place on March 4, 1913, marking the beginning of his tenure as the twenty-eighth president
of the United States
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Edward D. White administered the Oath of office. Wilson requested that the inaugural ball be canceled because he found it inappropriate for the occasion.
Woodrow Wilson
Thomas Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United States, from 1913 to 1921. A leader of the Progressive Movement, he served as President of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910, and then as the Governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913...
took place on March 4, 1913, marking the beginning of his tenure as the twenty-eighth president
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Chief Justice of the United States
The Chief Justice of the United States is the head of the United States federal court system and the chief judge of the Supreme Court of the United States. The Chief Justice is one of nine Supreme Court justices; the other eight are the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States...
Edward D. White administered the Oath of office. Wilson requested that the inaugural ball be canceled because he found it inappropriate for the occasion.